Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1887-08-18
THE GREEN DIAMOND
Detroit and Chicago Running NJ,
and-Nsok Race for the Base. Ball i
Championship,
New York and Boston Close AT NJ.
Heels--Notes Of the National
Game.
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positions in the race are hanging on = 81 81
first. second, third, and fourth position,
respectively, with only streak OF dayliyl 81
between themselves and their pe,,s.
neighbors. 1t is certainly remarlab),
struggle. and, barring the collapss
OF some one or more of the BIZ d
teams, promises to result in remart' &
able finish. Chicago and Dei,as E
still continue at the .op of the string avn Z
Detreit is playing better ball than she Ts
playing two weeks ago, but that the chan
pions will ultimately beat the Wolyerins,
out in the race seems to be the firm con.
viction of lovers of the game hereabout
That the two clubs will 60 East abreast i,
almost certain. BY playing steady bslltls
Chicagos will hold their own until the lat.
ter part of the present week, when the De.
troits will come here for series of thres
games. 1t will then be an easy matter in
whittle down the small lead now held bv
the Michigan men. This may be eI.
pressing little too much conf.
denee in the Chicago team, but i
is notorious fact that Captain Anson
and his men had rather play ball
against the Detreits than any other team in
tie League. Clarkson will probably pitch
two of the three approaching games. This
Is tantamount to two victories, and two vic.
tories over the Detroits means great deal.
Should the two clubs 60 East on even
terms it is dollars to doughnuts that the
champions will come out of the fights TO be
waged in Pittsburg, Philadelphia, Wash.
ington, New York and Boston in far better
condition than the Detroits. Admitting
this to be true, where will the present lead.
ers be when Clarkson gets through with
them in the three games to be played in
Detroit on the return Of the club to that
city? There is no denying the fact that the
ball the champions have been playing in
the past sixty DAYS has not been excelled in
the history of the League.
The question is: Can they continue at
their present speedp Under Anson's guild
ance and management it is to be hoped
they can. They will have an off day now
and then, but, barring accidents, there will
be no such let-down as the Boston Club
has suffered. The Detroiters appear to
have found some likely material in Beatin
and Gruber, the two new League pitchers.
The club is batting very freely, and with
Bennett back in the harness there
is. now some show of their beat
ing New York out. Tho fact that
the champions have also found the ball is u
matter for congratulation. Mostly every
member of the team is increasing his bat
ting average. Anson dropped behind lit
tie during the past week, but Ryan, Sulli-
van, Pfetfer, Williamson, Clarkson, and
Burns swung the club with terrific effect
There is another man in the nine who
found the bail. His name is Darling. This
quiet young man is one of the wonders of
the league. He played in the international
League last year, and ranked as weak
batter. Since he joined the Chicagos he
has burst forth as one of the greatest slug
gers in the league, and to-day ranks second
during the past week Darling hit for four
singles, two doubles, aid triple.
The Boston team, Notwithstanding Mike
Kelly's presence and influence among the
players, seems to be letting down and New
York is now close upon its heels. The
prospects are that it will be beaten out by
Chicago, New York and Detroit. The
team is without steady. brainy pitchers.
Radbour1 is erratic, Conway has been
slugged SO hard that he is on crutches, and
MnddeD, mere STRIPPING of lad, will be
hit SO hard one of these days that he will
be OF no further use to tho club.
The Phillies are playing strong ball, and
the prediction made by Harry Wright that
they would be up toward the lead at the end
of The season may be fulfilled. Pittsburgh,
Washington and indianapolis are having
an interesting fight among themselves, but
place.
NOTES OF THE GAME.
Catcher Darling of the Chicagos is dis.
abled by badly injured hand.
Billy Sunday is playing ball again al
L., Ia ycn oAal
long fly against the right field wall in
the finest ever seen upon the Chicago
grounds.
Kinslow, the new Detroit catcher, weighs
160 pounds. He caught few games last
season for the Washingtons.
Charley Snyder, the old Boston favorite,
is again doing first-class catching and
throwing to bases for the Cleveland Club.
Sam Kimber, of the Wheeling Club,
struck ball over the right field fence at
Snndusky, on July %, the ball lodging in
the collar of horse until Kimber made
the circuit of the bases.
Moriarty,a south paw twirler who pitched
good game against the Detroits when the
latter played the Minneapolis team last
spring, is in Detroit, end will probably be
given trial by the Detroits.
The Washington Club still holds the
honor of not having lost an extra-inning
game this year, having won one from Chi
cago, two from Detroit, two from Pitts
bnrgh, and tied one, while last year every
one was lost.
Providence has sent out many ball cap-
tains. Irwin, of the Phillies; Farrell, of
the Wnshingtons; Ward, recently CAPTAIN
of the New Yorks; and Denny, of the In
dianapolis, make up half the League force
of captains.
If Seery keeps On at this rate he will
have more bases on balls to his credit than
hits. He is on his way to the fttietb base
on balls. Shomberg has seen first on balls
thirty-four times. This would give Shom.
berg an average of 1867, League rules, and
Seery .334.
Tom Deasley says there is too much legal
talent on the New York League team.
Ward and O'Rourke are both graduates of
law schools, and Tom asserts that these
two legal luminaries delight in paralyzing
the common members of the team by the
use of legal terms and jaw breaking words.
L. ID. Poole, of Lawrence, Mass, writes
the Boston Globe rs follows: II will bet
any part of 800 that the Bostons
will not win the championship this year.
will bet any part of 800 that the Chi
caSos VIII WIN Inc pennant TINS year, and
will bet IN even $50 that Boston will not
finish better than fourth place. will meet
anybody at the Globe Office any day this
week and put up money on any or all the
bets, whichever they may want to take"
In Kansas City, on July 81, veteran
from the Soldiers Home, Leavenworth,
who visited the city to witness the game at
Armourdale between the soldiers nine
from Fort Leavenworth and an amateur
team of that suburb, was SO much disap-
pointed at the defeat of the soldiers that he
rushed to the center of the Armourdale
bridge over the Kaw River and jumped off.
falling thirty feet into the water, intending
TO end his existence. He was rescued by
passing skiff, and his first words were said
to be expressions of deep sorrow at the de-
feat of the soldier team.
Shone Through the Worn.out Places.
Court-You say the moon was not
out, and yet you distinguished the
prisoners features. How do you ex-
plain this?
Witness-Why, you see, your Honor,
the sky was as full OF holes as a city
milkman's skinner, and the stars
shone through the worn ont places.